When we walked out of the Linlang Pavilion, it was already dark. The underground city of Great Desolation City was still brightly lit, but there was an oppressive feeling of impending rain in the hustle and bustle.
Gu Sheng raised his head and looked in the direction of Tiancheng, his eyes as cold as knives.
Tomorrow, the secret realm will save people! Then, there will be a life-and-death fight with Xiao Beixuan!
He took steps forward and his figure blended into the night.
On the underground floor of the Linlang Pavilion, after Situ Qingyue was taken down by the maid to be settled, Gu Sheng and Miss Tantai discussed a few more details about tomorrow's trip to the secret realm and prepared to leave.
The shadow followed him silently.
Just when Gu Sheng was about to step out of the underground entrance, Ying's figure paused imperceptibly again, and his voice sounded flat.
"My lord, in the quiet room outside the pavilion, there is a strange woman asking to see you. She calls herself...Nangong Qingyue. Earth Martial Realm is at the peak of her cultivation. She has a strange aura. She is not a member of the known power of Great Desolation City."
"Nangong Qingyue?"
Gu Sheng paused in his steps, with surprise in his eyes.
This name... seems familiar? He quickly searched in his memory, and soon remembered the girl who had a brief encounter at the Qin Family drug store, but later broke up without saying goodbye.
How did she find her way here? And she wanted to see him by name?
Miss Tantai also cast a questioning look.
"Ask her to wait for me in the guest retreat."
Gu Sheng hesitated for a moment and then ordered.
He wanted to see why this girl who had disappeared for a long time suddenly appeared.
Shadow took the order and left.
Gu Sheng turns to Miss Tantai.
"I'll go take a look."
Miss Tantai nodded slightly and did not ask any more questions.
Gu Sheng was alone, walking through the quiet corridor inside the Linlang Pavilion, and came to an elegantly decorated reception room.
He pushed open the door and entered.
In the quiet room, a young woman with a tall and straight figure wearing plain clothes was standing with her back to the door, looking out the window at the lights of the underground city streets.
When she heard the door open, she slowly turned around.
Gu Sheng's eyes fell on her face.
It's still that pretty face, but the brows are a little less youthful and timid than before, and a little more calm and perseverant.
His eyes were still clear, but they were deeper and more restrained, like polished jade.
The aura of the Earth Martial Realm peak is concise and solid, with a faint sharp edge.
It is Nangong Qingyue! Compared with the time when he was at the Qin Family drug store, he is a completely different person!
"Senior Gu."
When Nangong Qingyue saw Gu Sheng, there was a complicated light in his eyes, including excitement, gratitude, and unnoticeable nervousness.
She bowed solemnly to Gu Sheng.
"Junior Nangong Qingyue, pay my respects to senior."
"No need to be polite."
Gu Sheng walked to the main seat and sat down, looking at her calmly.
"Sit down. It's been a long time since I last saw you. You've... changed a lot."
Nangong Qingyue Sit down in the guest seat, put your hands on your knees, and sit upright.
Her voice was steady.
"Back then, at the Qin Family Pharmacy, I was thanked by my senior for his guidance and a gift of elixirs to help me break through the bottleneck. Qingyue will always remember this kindness in her heart."
She paused, with pain and determination in her eyes.
"It was not Qingyue's intention to say goodbye that day. It's just because... I discovered the clues that led to the destruction of all my enemies in Nangong!
The enemy's power is overwhelming. If I stay at the Qin Family, I may bring disaster to the Qin Family! I have no choice but to leave quietly and pursue that slim clue alone."
"The enemy who destroyed the family?"
Gu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.
He remembered that Nangong Qingyue mentioned that his family was destroyed, but he didn't know the details.
"Yes."
Nangong Qingyue Hatred surged in her eyes, but she suppressed it forcefully, her voice trembling.
"I, Nangong Family, am originally from a small tribe in the border area of southern Xinjiang. Although I am not prominent, I still live and work in peace and contentment. My whole family was slaughtered overnight! I was the only one who escaped by chance because of my experience outside!
Over the years, I have kept my name anonymous and searched hard, and finally... I found the traces of my enemy!"
She raised her head and looked directly at Gu Sheng, with a desperate determination in her eyes.
"That enemy... is now among the Great Desolation Sacred Academy! And his status is not low! I made inquiries in many ways, and even spent a lot of money to seek help from information dealers, but no one dared to reveal his specific identity! I just said... that is an existence that I absolutely cannot afford to offend!"
"Great Desolation Sacred Academy?"
Gu Sheng frowned slightly. Is it the Holy Court again? It seems that this pool of water is deeper than he imagined.
"Yes!"
Nangong Qingyue nodded vigorously and carefully took out a small jade bottle from his arms.
The jade bottle is completely transparent, and there is an extremely weak, gray-black qi with a cold and evil air sealed inside.
"This is the residual aura of the enemy that I collected using a secret method deep in the ruins where my family was burned! Although it is extremely weak,... it may be helpful to the seniors in tracing their identity!"
She held up the jade bottle with both hands, her eyes filled with hope.
"Senior! Qingyue knows that her strength is low, and she may not be able to kill her enemies with her hands in this life! But... I am not willing to do so! I, Nangong Family, have one hundred and thirty-seven, and I cannot die in vain! Qingyue is willing to pay for all the treasures in the Nangong Family's secret treasure, and I sincerely ask senior... to help me avenge myself!"
"Secret?"
Gu Sheng took the jade bottle and did not check it immediately. His eyes fell on Nangong Qingyue.
"Did you find Nangong Family's secret?"
"Yes!"
Nangong Qingyue has a light in his eyes.
"Before the family suffered a disaster, my father gave me the key to the secret. Over the years, I have gone through hardships and dangers and finally found the secret!
Inside... there are the wealth and treasures accumulated by my Nangong Family generations! As long as the senior agrees, Qingyue is willing to give all the treasures in the secret treasure!"
Gu Sheng looked at the determined and desperate girl in front of him and understood.
She was desperate and placed all her hopes on herself.
He gently rubbed the jade bottle in his hand, feeling the weak but cold breath, and slowly spoke.
"Back then at the Qin Family drug store, you promised to repay you. Then you left without saying goodbye, and today you brought a treasure to ask for help. Nangong Qingyue, I saw your sincerity. But... do you know what it means to kill a person with a high status in the Great Desolation Sacred Academy?"
Nangong Qingyue's body trembled slightly and he gritted his teeth.
"Qingyue knows! This is a catastrophic disaster! But... As long as she can avenge this bloody sea of blood, Qingyue will not hesitate to die! Even if she is shattered to pieces, she will never regret it!"
Gu Sheng was silent for a moment, his eyes deep.
"I don't know who your enemy is. I don't know why he destroyed your Nangong Manmen.
Just based on this breath and your one-sided words, you want me to kill a senior member of the Holy Academy...Nangong Qingyue, do you think this is enough?"
Nangong Qingyue's face turned pale, and there was panic in his eyes, which then turned into a deeper determination.
She stood up suddenly and took out a dark wooden box from her arms that exuded a simple and ancient atmosphere.
The wooden box is not big, but it gives people a feeling of being as heavy as a mountain.
"Senior! This is the most precious thing in the Nangong Family secret! It is also the key to the core area of the secret!"
Nangong Qingyue held the wooden box with both hands and his voice was trembling.
"The list of the rest of the treasures in the secret is also in this box! Qingyue is willing to give this box, together with the key to the secret, as a deposit to senior! I just ask senior... to give me a chance! When senior finds out the identity of the enemy, if he feels that this person deserves to be killed, it will not be too late to do it again!
If senior feels that what Qingyue said is false, or that the enemy should not be killed, Qingyue... will never complain! The contents in this box are also at my disposal!"
She gently placed Cosmos Wooden Box on the table in front of Gu Sheng, then took a step back and bowed deeply again.
"Qingyue is here at Great Desolation City. She has no friends. The only one she can trust... is you, senior! Please help me... senior!"
Gu Sheng's eyes fell on the simple Cosmos Wooden Box on the table.
The material of this box is extraordinary, and it is engraved with mysterious runes. It is obviously a space magic weapon, and it is of high quality.
Nangong Qingyue's ability to produce this item shows his sincerity and determination.
He did not touch the wooden box immediately, but looked at Nangong Qingyue who was prostrate on the ground, his voice calm and calm.
"Get up."
Nangong Qingyue stood up and looked at Gu Sheng nervously, waiting for his answer.
Gu Sheng pondered for a moment and said slowly.
"I need to consider this matter. The identity of your enemy is unknown, and it involves the Holy Court, which is not a trivial matter.
I will keep this breath. As for this Cosmos Wooden Box..."
With a thought in his mind, an invisible force lifted up the wooden box and delivered it to the maid waiting outside the door.
"Give this box to the shopkeeper and ask him to count the contents, make a detailed list, and send it to me later."
"Yes."
The maid respectfully took the wooden box and turned to leave.
Gu Sheng then looked at Nangong Qingyue.
"Before you get my answer, you can rest at the Linlang Pavilion. This place is safe and no one dares to act recklessly here. If you have other places to go, you can make your own arrangements. But remember, don't act rashly before I answer you."
Nangong Qingyue had disappointment in his eyes, but more understanding.
She knew that Gu Sheng had given her hope by not rejecting it on the spot.
She bowed again.
"Yes! Qingyue understands! Thank you, senior, for taking me in! Qingyue... is here waiting for news from senior!"
Gu Sheng said no more, stood up and left the quiet room.
Nangong Qingyue was the only one left in the quiet room.
She looked at Gu Sheng's leaving back, then looked at the empty desk, then slowly sat back on the chair, her hands clenched until her knuckles turned white.
In his eyes, there was expectation, anxiety, and even more, the fire of hatred buried deep in his heart, unforgettable, was burning silently.
She knew that this was her only hope.
She could only... wait.
On the third floor of the Linlang Pavilion, in the quiet room of Gu Yuanyuan.
Gu Yuanyuan is sitting cross-legged on the futon, moving Zhou Tian according to the basic skills taught by Gu Sheng. The rich spiritual energy is like a trickle, constantly pouring into her body, nourishing the meridians.
The aura around her was harmonious, and she seemed to be just one step away from breaking through to the sect realm.
The quiet room door was gently pushed open, and Gu Sheng walked in.
"Master!"
Gu Yuanyuan immediately stopped and stood up, with joy on his face.
"Hmm."
Gu Sheng nodded slightly, his eyes scanning the aura around her, with satisfaction in his eyes.
"The foundation is solid, True Essence is concise, not bad."
He changed the subject.
"I was originally scheduled to refine Merit-Dispelling Pill for you tomorrow to help you change the method and rebuild it. However, I have important things to deal with tomorrow as a teacher, so I may not have time to spare. Time is tight, so the method change needs to be done in advance."
"Ahead of time?"
Gu Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
"Disciple, listen to the master's arrangements!"
"Okay."
Gu Sheng No more words.
"Come with me."
He took Gu Yuanyuan out of the quiet room and walked towards the passage leading to the underground level.
The passage is deep and full of spiritual energy. Just halfway through, I met Miss Tantai who was walking out of the underground level.
Miss Tantai is still wearing a moon-white dress, and her temperament is as cold as the moon.
But at this moment, her slender right arm was wrapped with a scarlet vine covered with ferocious barbs!
The vine slowly squirmed on her arm, exuding a pure bloodthirsty aura, forming a strange contrast with her cold temperament. It was the bloody Heavenly Demon Vine branch given to her by Gu Sheng!
"Xue Li."
Gu Sheng's eyes fell on the bloody vines on her arms, and she nodded slightly.
Miss Tantai paused slightly, his cold eyes swept over Gu Sheng, and then fell on Gu Yuanyuan behind him, nodding slightly.
"Master's wife!"
When Gu Yuanyuan saw Miss Tantai, his eyes lit up and he let out a crisp cry.
The sound of "Master's wife" was like thunder on the ground!
Miss Tantai's cool and beautiful face instantly flew up with two red clouds, spreading to the roots of her ears!
Her body stiffened slightly, and the bloody vines wrapped around her arms seemed to have stopped for a moment!
She subconsciously wanted to refute, but looking at Gu Yuanyuan's clear, innocent, admiring big eyes, she swallowed the words when they reached her lips.
"Ahem..."
Miss Tantai suppressed the panic in his heart and looked away pretending to be calm, with an imperceptible tremor in his voice.
"Kid... don't scream. I... I still have something to do, so let's go first."
She quickened her pace almost in embarrassment, passed by Gu Sheng, and left in a hurry, leaving only a faint scent of moonlight.
Gu Sheng looked at the back of Miss Tantai, who was almost running away, with a faint smile in his eyes.
He turned to look at Gu Yuanyuan, his tone was calm but with a warning.
"Yuan Yuan, it's a good thing to be smart, but the city... don't use it on your own people."
Gu Yuanyuan blushed, stuck out his tongue, and whispered.
"Disciple, I know I'm wrong... it's just... I just think that Master Wife actually likes this title..."
Gu Sheng didn't say anything more and continued to lead her to the underground level.
Basement, alchemy room.
This is a spacious stone room, with a huge red alchemy furnace carved with complex flame patterns in the center.
There was a faint hot breath coming from the fire outlet under the stove.
The surrounding walls are inlaid with various auxiliary formation runes, and the air is filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.
"Shadow, take three plants of 'Withered-Prosperous Grass', one plant of 'Essence-Transforming Fruit', two plants of 'Ice-Heart Lotus', one petal of 'Soul-Guiding Flower'... and one bottle of 'Rootless Water'."
Gu Sheng stood in front of the alchemy furnace and gave instructions in a deep voice.
"Yes."
Ying's figure appeared silently in the corner of the alchemy room. After answering the call, he quickly disappeared outside the door.
Gu Sheng walked aside, took out a warm jade charm, and handed it to Gu Yuanyuan.
"These are the first four volumes of <Primordial Unity Qi Scripture>. You have one hour to memorize all its contents. Once Merit-Dispelling Pill is completed, you can practice it again with this method."
"Yes! Master!"
Gu Yuanyuan took the jade talisman with a serious face. He immediately sat cross-legged and placed the jade talisman between his eyebrows. His consciousness sank into it and he began to concentrate on memorizing the mysterious skills and words.